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Beer Cooler.

No. 77,664 I Patented May 5, 1868.

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Be it known tha t I, HENRY SHLilUDEMAN, of Decatur, eounty'oi" Macon,and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain: newa'nd useful Improvementsin Beer or Liquor-Coolers; ,and'I do hereby declare that the followingvis a full,-c,lear, and exact description of thesame, reference beinghad'to the accompanying drawing, and the let tens of reference markedthereon, making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a'plan'view- Figure 2 is end sectional' view. Figure 3 is'a top view, showingthe arrangement of the troughs. Figure 4 is anio'diii'c'ation, showingthe pyramidal form, the side plates being plain. instead of corrugated,as shown in fig, 2; i I

' Figure 5, thedistributing-trough. p I am aware that beercoolers havebeen used in which the beer was caused to pass over a-series of tubes.Lam also aware that corrugated plates of metal have been used, in whichthe plates were-placed perfectly parallel to each other,therebyforruingjas it were, a series oftubed plates, the water passingthrough the corrugations precisely on the same principle as whenindependenttubes have been used. My invention dili'er's."entirelyfromthat class of inventions for cooling beer or other liquor, where aseries of independent tubes were used, as well as the corrugated plates,whenithe same were so placed as to fo rm a.

series of tubes permanent in themselves, the corrugated edges beingbrought tofbc'ar so as'to forui'a series of watertight-tubes. In all thefcoolei-s basedon either of these theories, the water for the purposeofcooling the beer. is caused to pass from the lower tube to the nextupper one, and so on through the entire series.

Myinv'ention consists in forming a pyramidal cooler of two corrugatedplates of. metalywhen the same: is

so constructed as to form anangleat the point wheret he'beec isdischarged from the trough, and at the same frame for the purpose ofsupporting the'same. I i v The great advantage of'this construction willreadily suggest itself to any one who is familiar with the class ofinventions. to which mine belongs. -In the first'place, ready access canat all times be had for the purpose of cleansing the cooler, not onlyto'itsl'sides, but also to its base; "This pyramidal-formed cooler Iplace in a trough formed, of a corrugated plate of metal, resting ona'plainfsurface. This trough is soconstructed'as to readily'admit of thefree entrance of a continuous stream or current of'fresh water, thewater,

time is providednwith a base or" sufliciezit width'as to enable thecooler to stand without the introduction of any by means of suitableconnections, being introduced into the pyramidal-formed cooler from thetrough,'gradu ally ascending therein,-'hot through a series of tubes,but being caused to -traverse and pass over the inner surface of thecorrugated plates unobstructed;- The warm water passes out bymeans of ajet-pipe or discharge, near the angular connection of the, side-platesof the 'cooler. The end-connecting plates are s o'constructed as toextend a short distance above the angular connectionof the pyramidalform, and are provided with projecting lips or bearing flanges, whichfurnish the'necessary supports for the troughs. These troughs areprovided with suitable slots-or loops, passing over the bearing-lip orflange referred to, whereby thesame is held in The great advantage of myimprovement consists simply in this, that I eschew, entirely, whatis-commonly' known as the trickling, process. The great desideratum atwhich I aim, and which I attain, isa continuous flow when thesame iscaused topassover an extent of cooling-surface unattainable in any otherdevice, and especially wherethe heated beer is caused to traverse overparallel plates or corrugated tubes, when the same are so arranged asxtoform, as it :were, a series of tubes. I

To enable others skilledin the art to make and use my-invention, I willnow proceed to describe its construction and operation. I I i A is'thetrough,coi1structed with suitabl frame-sides, a a. In this trough I-place one or more corrugated or plain plates,- A. In the upper late, Iinsert two projecting couplings or tube-conneetions,"]3 and'Bf. Thetube-connection B is the one through which the cold wateris admitted tothe trough. Itwill be observed, by

reference to fig. 2, that the current or stream of water introduced atB, is, by means of the corrugated plate A,

- caused to traverse, not only the entire base of the trough, but alsothe whole extent of the convexed surface presented by the corrugatedplate or plates A. In-- this trough I place the pyramidal-formed coolerG, which is formed of two corrugated plates, C C", or the surface ofthese plates may be plain, as shown in fig. 4. These plates may be madeof copper, galvanized iron, or any other suitable material, and areunited at their to a plain or corrugated plate, a. The plates C C may bestruck up with suitable flanges, by means of which the base, c, canreadily be riveted or soldered to the side-plates'G' C. Between theseplates 0' G, I insert a series of brace-rods, c' c. The ends of theseplates are united by suitable angular plates,D D, the same beingprovided, at their upper end, with bearing-flanges d a, over which passsuitable loops or o'ther connections, attached to .the end of thedistributing trough. These plates may be provided with a suitableman-head, by means of which ready access maybe hadto the interiorof thechamber 0. These end-plates i) D are provided with two coupling-hosemouths, d (1 .The coupling-mouth d, by means of suitable hose or pipe,is firmly united with the coupling-opening B','. The upper opening, riin the opposite plate,'D, is for the escape of the warm water, heated bythe actionof the beer as-it passes over the sides 0 C". .E and F are twotroughs, the trough F being constructed with numerous perforations,so'as to act upon the well-known principle of the sieve. The lower,trough, E, is provided with suitable discharge-openings, so arranged asto distribute the beer received fromit'ne trough F equally on both sides.of the pyramidal cooler- G. G is a distributing-pipe, in communication,by-means of suitable pipes, g, with the kettle 'or otherhopper fromwhich the warm beer is received.

vThe operation is as foll'owsaWeter is introduc'edby means of the pipe13 from any suitable vat, or by means of a force-pump, or otherequivalent device, This Water is caused to traverse not only the entiresurface of the base of the trough A, but the inner surface of thecorrugated or plain plate A. This water is then comm unicntedto the pipeor opening (1 by means of asuitable hose or'connection, B. Thewholevolume of water is thercby thrown into the open chamber, formed bymeans of the plates G C of the pyramidal cooler G. As the water becomesheated, it passes out or-is dischargedjby means of the upper mouth oropening, al in the upper angular face-platel). The beer to be suppliedto the cooler is received through the pipe y froui .the kettle, orother'vessel, and, by means of the perforated pipe G, is discharged intothe sieve-trough F, from whenceit passes to the distributing trough E,from whence, by means of suitable apertures oropenings, itis equallydistributed on thesi'de-platesG C of the cooler 0, when it flows to thetrough, and is drawn oil by means of the discharge-pipe H, after passingthrough the sieve H, thence to a fermenting-vat, which completes theoperation of the cooler. i

Having thus fully described the'nature of my invention, what I claimtherein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, isl *1. The pyramidal cooIer C ivhen the same is formed ofeither plain or corrugated sides 0' O, and the I whole is so constructedand arranged as to leave an open chamber for the reception of water,substantially as described. v I

2. I claim the independent base-trough A, when the same is constructedand arranged substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

3. I claim the pyramidal cooler G, when the same is formed of eitherplain or corrugated sides 0 C, and the whole is so constructed andarranged as to leave an open' chamber for the reception of water, incombination with thebase-trough, when the Whole is constructed andarranged substantially as described, and for the purpose specified. l p

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification inthepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

, H. SHLAUDEMAN. Witnesses:

JOHN D. Bacon,

J. E. F. Homuniun

